It appears that both psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and LSD in small doses taken regularly may have benefits for some mental disorders. Note : not anxiety. I am talking about depression and PTSD.

The appropriate dose is about one tenth of that taken by recreational users, and taken 2 to 3 times a week. This is not proven. There is a problem with testing illegal drugs, and researchers have not fully nailed this down. Magic mushroom microdose is about 0.2 grams.

But the indications are that microdoses do not cause harm, and may be therapeutic in the right place. Indeed, there are reports that they enhance creativity in normal people.

Microdosers report feeling more determined, active and enthusiastic, but also more nervous and jittery.

It appears that both psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and LSD in small doses taken regularly may have benefits for some mental disorders. Note : not anxiety. I am talking about depression and PTSD.

The appropriate dose is about one tenth of that taken by recreational users, and taken 2 to 3 times a week. This is not proven. There is a problem with testing illegal drugs, and researchers have not fully nailed this down. Magic mushroom microdose is about 0.2 grams.

But the indications are that microdoses do not cause harm, and may be therapeutic in the right place. Indeed, there are reports that they enhance creativity in normal people.

Microdosers report feeling more determined, active and enthusiastic, but also more nervous and jittery.

Obviously more research is needed.

More determined, active, and enthusiastic in obtaining their next score, yet more nervous and jittery lest they be caught?

I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

Spoiler:

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.- Douglas Adams

Sometimes a reduction in dose of a drug changes the nature of the experience, not just the intensity. There is now evidence that microdoses of LSD and psilocybin may be therapeutic. At least, for some conditions. So we do not have to assume the microdose experience is the same as the full recreational dose. For example, we do not have to assume hallucinations.

somewhat related....Pixie Idiot Jeff Sessions wants the Feds to crack down on Marijuana sales......including the medicinal strains that don't even get you high.

Republicans...... not really conservative, more like reactionary and retrograde.

Real Name: bobbo the existential pragmatic evangelical anti-theist and Class Warrior.Asking: What is the most good for the most people?Sample Issue: Should the Feds provide all babies with free diapers?

Lance Kennedy wrote:It appears that both psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and LSD in small doses taken regularly may have benefits for some mental disorders.

LSD has been used by some psychiatrists since the 60's. It also enhances or accentuates a patient's emotional reactions during "talk therapy"

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What are the facts? Again and again and again-what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what “the stars foretell,” avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable “verdict of history”--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!—Lazarus Long, from Time Enough for Love, by Robert A. Heinlein

What are the facts? Again and again and again-what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what “the stars foretell,” avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable “verdict of history”--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!—Lazarus Long, from Time Enough for Love, by Robert A. Heinlein